PRAYAGRAJ, Nov. 1 -- Two men wanted for allegedly looting elderly women were arrested after an encounter with a joint team of Kaushambi police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) in the early hours of Saturday. Both accused sustained bullet injuries to their legs during retaliatory firing by the police. The police recovered two country-made pistols, cartridges, two stolen gold nose pins and a motorcycle without a number plate from their possession. The accused were admitted to the district hospital in Manjhanpur for treatment. According to Kaushambi deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Arun Kumar Shukla, the incident took place on October 17, when Ganeshia Devi, a resident of Medarha village, was on her way to the fields. Two men riding a motorcycle allegedly snatched her gold nose pin and fled from the spot. Superintendent of police Satyanarayan Prajapat formed police teams to trace the accused. The police used CCTV footage and surveillance inputs to identify and track them. Acting on a tip-off early on Saturday, a joint team of Kaushambi police station personnel and SOG members laid a trap near the Domunda canal culvert in Bindaw. When the suspects spotted the police, they tried to escape on their motorcycle. However, they lost control of the vehicle and fell due to the rain. They then opened fire at the police team. The police retaliated, injuring both men in their legs. They were subsequently arrested, DSP Shukla said. The accused were identified as Mohd Farooq and Naeem Akhtar. Both are residents of Hakimpur Khantwa village under Khakhreru police station in Fatehpur district. During interrogation, the two allegedly confessed to snatching gold nose pins from two elderly women in Medarha and Bhairwan villages....